Controlling-valve for a drinking-fountain.



C. T. DANIEL.

CONTROLLING VALVE FUR A DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2l, I9I6.

Patented July 25, 1916.

CHARLES TODD DANIEL, 0F OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY.

CONTROLLING-VALVE FOR A DRINKING-FOUNTAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented uly 25, 1916.

Application led February 21, 1916. Serial No. 79,634.

To all whom t 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. DANIEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Owensboro, in the county of Daviess, State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Controlling-Valve for a Drinking-Fountain; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved, simple and practical controlling valve, more especially adapted for use in connection with drinking fountains, more particularly the kind that are adapted for use around school houses, churches, and the like, or other public places in rural districts, where there is no water pressure.

One of the features of theimproved valve is the provision of means for taking up the wear upon the contacting ground seating surfaces.

Another feature of the valve is the provision of spring means between the valve casing and the operating handle of the valve, to return the valve to its initial position, there being limiting means to limit the valve in its open position.

In practical fields the details of construc tion may necessitate alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view, showing' parts in elevation, of the drinking fountain. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail vertical sectional view through the controlling valve. Fig. 3 is a sectional view .on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4.-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates the wall of any suitable structure, such as the schoolhouse, church or the like of a rural district. A water cooler' or tank 2 is supported from the wall by the member 3, and is provided with a closure 4, and which tank or cooler may also hold the ice, as well as the drinking water. Extending from the lower end of the tank or cooler is a pipe or tube 5, which extends, through the flooring of the structure, and is connected as shown to the auxiliary 7, which is buried or sunken in the ground under the flooring of the structure, in order to maintain the water cool in the summertime, provided ice is not used in the tank Also connected to the tank 7 is an outlet pipe 8, the lower extremity of whichalmost reaches the bottom of the tank 7. The pipe or tube 7 is threaded into the extension of the controlling valve casing 9, as shown at 10. Another section 11 of tube or pipe is threaded into the opposite extension 12 of the controlling valve casing, as shown at 13, and which section 11 extends through the drain or overflow basin 14 of the drinking fountain, and is provided with an outlet nozzle 15, designed to have a contracted outlet opening, in order to cause a line stream of water to emanate or leave the same. This iine stream elevates a short distance beyond the extremity of the nozzle, say for instance, about two inches, more or less, and then overflows into the basin 14, which is secured to the wall 1 or other suitable support by the supporting means 16. A drain pipe 17 extends from the bottom of the basin, and passes through the wall of the structure, to carry off the waste water. A cylindrical valve 18 is ground to lit the casing 9, and is provided with an annular recess 19. The valve 18 is provided with a transverse opening 20, which when the valve is in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, extends transversely. However, when the valve 18 isrotated partially, say for instance, quarter of a revolution, the opening 2O will register with the passages 2l of the upper and lower movable valve seat members 22, which are arranged in the opposite extensions of theA casing 9. The valve seats 23 of these seat members are suitably ground to properly conform and engage the periphery of the valve 18.

Interposed between the seat members 22 and the adjacent extremities (which are threaded into the opposite extensions of the casing 9) of the pipes or tubing 7a and 11 are nipples 24. It is to be noted that when the valve seats 23 of said member 22 become worn, the pipes or tubes 7 and 11 may be disconnected from the extensions of the valve casing 9, after which the nipples 24 may be adjusted by a Spanner wrench or the like, so as to force the members 22 closer in contact with the valve 1.8, that is, closer 1n Contact with its seat, which is the bottom of the annular recess 19, thereby not only providing the proper contact between the valve and the members 22, but also holding the valve 18 in the casing 9 against axial movement of the valve. An annular collar 25 is secured by a screw 26 upon the reduced end 27 ofthe valve 18, and is provided with a handle or lever 28. A coil spring 29 is mounted upon the valve 18, and has one end secured to one end of the casing 9, and the other end to the collar 25, thereby acting to normally hold the opening out of alinement with the passages 21 of the members 22, and the lug 30 normally in contact with the upper member 22. To open the valve,

or in other words, to arrange the opening 2,0 v

in registration `with the passages through the tubing 7 and ll and the members 22, manual pressure is applied to ythe lever 28, against the action ot" the spring29, thereby allowing the water to emanate from the noz- Zle 15. A drain pipev 31 is coupled at 32 to the tubing''a, and is provided with a valve 33, adapted to be opened, to drain o the system below the controlling valve. When drinking from the fountain, the object is to place the mouth over the stream of water, after opening the controlling valve, without contacting with the nozzle 15, thereby insuring sanitation.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is:

i 1. In a water distributing system, a controlling valve comprising a casing having oppositely arranged passages, a cylindrical yvalve member provided with a transverse opening to abnormally register with said passages and having an annular recess adjoining the opening, diametrically opposite valve seat members extending into the an nular recess, a lever onthe valve, 'and spring means on the valve connecting between the casing and the lever, to hold the opening normally out of register with the opposite passages. y

2. In a water distributing system, a controlling valve comprising aY casing having oppositely arranged'passages, a cylindricalvalve member provided with a transverse opening to abnormally register with saidk passages and having an annular recess adjoining the opening, diametrically opposite valve seat members extending into the annular recess, a lever on the valve, and spring means on they valveconnecting betweeny the casingy and the lever, to hold the opening normally out of register with the opposite passages, and means 'for adjusting the valve kseat members into the annular recess to compensate for the wear upon kthe contacting to hold the valve member in the casingV against axial movement, nipples in said eX- Vtensions for adjusting the valve seat members toward the seat of the recess, spring tensloning means for the valve member, and

a lever on the valve for rocking the same to throw its transverse opening in registration with the passages against the action of the spring means. y f n In testimony whereof I 'have signedy my name to this speciicationin the presence of two subscribing witnesses. f

y CHARLES TODD DANIEL.

Witnesses:

CHAs. BAUMAN, J. L. DANIEL.

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